Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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